hello everyone. I just registered and this is my first post. Its good to see lots of familiar names on here. I'm not too experience growing citrus. This is the first year my pommelos bloom. They started blooming back in April. So how long do I got till these guys ripen? I'm located in Southern California in the long beach area. thanks.

I would expect them to be ready sometime between late January and May ( depending on how close you are to the ocean) . They sure look good!
What variety are they?
Greg

From bloom to harvest typically takes about 18 months or more in your location. Pummelos can stay long on the tree, so the longer you wait, the better off you are. I wait until one of them falls off or they start to show signs of shriveling, but usually my old historical notes of when to start sampling them in my location is the best way to start monitoring them for ripeness.

Joe, where are the commercial pommelo orchards (California) located? They arrive in the market in late January (here in Canada) So, would they be almost 2 years old from bloom to market? Or if they are grown in the dessert would they be a year old?
Greg

Greg, definitely the fruits are more than a year old even if in the desert. Some are grown in the Kern Valley and San Joaquin Valley where the land is cheaper. The prime spots for growing these are in Southern California. There are niche growers there that still produces the nicest tasting citruses and haven't sold themselves to the dark side of the developer empire. They are very few Jedi farm operators. But Paramount Farms are making an outstanding inroads into citrus production.

thanks Greg and Joe!!
Greg, I don't know what variety it is, I grafted the branch from a seedling grown pommelo from a friend's neighbor yard. The mother tree was removed due to construction they had on the house.
Yikes Joe! Thanks for the info, I would definitely have probably picked way too early so I got quite a while to go for these as it probably hasn't even been 6 months.
I don't know where the pommelo orchards are but the pommelos we got this year in the supermarket were incredible. It seems like the quality is getting better year after year. I remember buying fruits that had poor dry flesh.

I would like to see the hybridizers develop a pommelo with a LOT less rind, and a lot more pulp, while maintaining the same unique taste and texture of the fruit. - Millet

Millet, the pummelos from Davao, Philippines are exactly like that. Very thin rind that is easy to peel by hand, and the pulps that you can easily separate from each other but then melts like sweet butter in your mouth. Too bad we can't easily get those cultivars. One of the things I need to do is to revisit those farms and hope they still exist and the pummelos are still there. We often lose most citrus farms to various diseases, and we all know that. From the dreaded greening diseases to CTV and many others. Tropic is a haven of pests and diseases because plants are growing year round and pests have multiple life cycles that overlap, so there is always continuous pest and disease pressure 365.25 x 7 x 24 hrs each year.

Guess what everyone!! The pummelos are ready to eat. I picked several this weekend and they tasted great. Yellow firm yet juicy pulp that separates easily with no bitterness at all. You could bite into the skin with no bad lingering taste... if you wanted to. I guess this is pretty quick considering the flowers bloomed in April. The skin is thick but not too thick. By the way, doesn't the thick skin allows the fruit to be saved once picked for months at a time if needed. I'll post some pics once I get my camera going. yeahhh!!!

I wish I knew the name of your pommelo.
I never saw a pommelo that is still green in color and is ready to eat.
The ones that I know and all I know is that they have to turn pale yellow before you know they are ready to pick.
I wait until one of them falls off before I harvest them to be sure and that takes a long long time.

Benny it's a seedling, do you know if pummelos come true to seed?

It wasn't green. I started picking them when they showed some change in color. Does anyone know if it reminds them of another variety of pummelo? Attach are some pictures of the time it was picked. Also a fruit of one that I sliced in half, it tends to be seedy but the seeds come right off and doesn't make it a hassle to eat. Besides the flesh separates quite easily.

oops, well it looks like I found my answer on another post. Apparently they do not. Thanks.

No, I don't know if they come true to seed.
All I know is how to eat them (lol).
Very nice pictures. And theyare huge!
How big is the tree?

No they do not come true from seed, however you do obtain a pummelo type of fruit. Who knows you might get the next new wonder fruit.

I have three trees going from Scott's Hirado Butan that are growing slow but nicely...